What are they doing with Jamal character???

Or let him explore other women like he did with Alicia Keys' character.

Couldn't disagree more to be honest. I'm loving his storyline this season, its certainly not the worst that title goes to hakeem and his character regression back to being his season one self of childish and obsessing over girls who aren't even his LOL.

Back to Jamal. I don't see an issue with exploring relationships for a while. The only relationship he had after Michael was with that black dude in season 1 whose name I can't remember LOL. I like that they are now exploring his relationship with DMajor and adding Phillip into the mix will cause great drama and conflict especially with him being Jamal's therapist. As you pointed out they already explored the settled Jamal through his relationship with Michael. His relationship with Michael is also playing a part in his unwillgness to settle down now I think. He thought he found the love of his life in Michael and Michael Hurt him not once but twice. The first time when he ditched Jamal and broke up with him in season one and then after he cheated on Jamal with creepy photographer in season 2 after Jamal for whatever reason forgave him and took him back. The kind of pain and betrayal that Jamal suffered at the hands of Michael has obviously changed his feelings and approaches to relationships. Which is a natural thing to happen when you are hurt by one you loved so badly. He is obviously reluctant to get serious with anyone again with the fear that they will hurt him again, so him bouncing between guys is understandable. Also Jamal is not the only character who jumps from one relationship to another unable to settle down its something that happens to ALL the characters. Cookie usually hooks up with a different guy every season while battling her lingering love for luscious. Luscious does the same, hakeem usually hooks up with multiple woman in a season and even is apparently in love with more than one at the same time aka Tiana and Nessa.

The only character who has maintained a stable relationship through seasons is Andre of course now that Rhonda is dead I can see Andre eventually going through the same thing if he and Nessa don't work out long term. There's nothing wrong with not settling down you don't just immediately fall in love and settle down that's not realistic to life. I mean some lucky people do find their soul mate quickly and settle down but for most people its not like that. Some people go on hundreds of dates and relationships in their quest to find love just look at Taylor Swift ;) Love is a complex thing and in order to find the one for you, you have to get out there and explore relationships with people it's just common sense. I don't expect Jamal to get back with Michael after all the pain Michael has caused him so he is trying to find someone new who has not broken his heart into a million pieces. It's natural and not something to be looked down on also it creates great entertainment which is why people watch tv to be entertained.

Now onto his current storyline as I said I'm loving it. This exploration of drug addiction is not a bad direction to take for Jamal's character. That's the terrifying thing about drug addiction is that it can strike good people who've never done drugs before and it can ruin and end lives so quickly. Very few people who end up addicted to drugs started out as the type of people you would imagine would become addicted, it can strike anyone.

It's also I feel a natural progression from his storyline in season 2. He suffered from something traumatic. Nearly dying at the hand of someone he trusted and considered a friend really messed him up as it should. He is now in not only physical but emotional pain. He needed the drugs to ease his physical and emotional pain and when you are in a situation like that when you are constantly in pain from a physical one like an injury or emotional one and you have to rely on medication in order to just function and get better it is very easy to become dependant on the pain relief and get addicted without meaning to. No one intends to become a junkie it just happens and can happen to anyone. This storyline with Jamal makes perfect sense based on the trauma he suffered at Freda's hands also luscious and his evil tricks are not helping matters for Jamal's recovery.

I guess it's just about what you enjoy more on the show. Personally I'm kind of bored by this Andre storyline. I feel like I'm watching the birth of Lusciois junior who is violent and manipulative and has no trouble hurting the ones he loved to get what he wants. It's making Andre very unlikable to be honest. I've always hated luscious and now I'm beginning to hate Andre as he becomes luscious. Also andre's manipulations are only further hurting jamal and his issues so Andre is playing a part in jamals issues. Though it is fun to watch someone get the upper hand against luscious for once I feel they are destroying Andre's character in the process which I don't like.

There's no such thing as "solid relationships" in soap operas. All m ain characters struggle all the time. It's the law.

IKR. I started to see Empire literally only because of Jamal's storyline. But now I skipped every scene invovling his story. This PTSD plot is NOT interesting at all.

What are they doing with Jamal?

What the phuch are they doing to Andre's character?! I'm so mad about that...total character assassination! Not feeling it at all.

I actually find his storyline to be the most interesting. He isn't dealing with boring relationship drama.

Lol a male celeb in a solid relationship, HA.!!😅

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